https://www.frv.vic.gov.

au/fire-preston-townhouse

Preston, Melbourne 2021

A townhouse in Preston, Melbourne experienced a fire incident on 11 April 2022. There

were over 25 firefighters responding to this fire incident on a Sunday afternoon.

The crews of Fire Rescue VictoriaFRV were called to Gower Street in Preston around
noon, after receiving a number of calls to the hotline of Triple Zero (000) reported that
they saw the fire.

Using appropriately four minutes, firefighters arrived at the townhouse at 12:30pm to

find flames coming out from the townhouse in Preston and getting close to the next
property.

With proper breathing apparatus, the crew of FPV accessed the house and searched for
occupants.

It was fortunate enough that no one was inside, and firefighters employed an internal
attack to put out the fire.

Using a close one hour, at around 1:30pm, the crews were able to contained the fire and
the cause was discovered later to be unsafe human causes.

Victoria Police was there to help with the logistics and safety of the fire scene alongside
the firefighters.
From the research of Xiong, Bruck, and Ball, almost half, around 46% of Australian home
fire was due to unsafe human activities and the fire was started within hours of the start
of the fire.

https://www.frv.vic.gov.au/firefighters-contain-house-fire-glen-iris

Glen Iris, Melbourne 2022

A house in Glen Iris, Melbourne experienced a fire incident on 9 Jan 2022, There were
nearly 30 firefighters responding to this fire incident on a Sunday night.

The crews of Fire Rescue Victoria were called to Creswick street in Glen Iris one hour before
midnight after receiving a number of calls to Triple Zero (000) reporting that they saw the
fire.
Within five minutes, firefighters landed and found the house well alight. The fire scene was
described to have flames coming out from the roof and through the front door.

The inspected reason for fire conducted by the crews about the external attack on the fire
was because of the structural integrity. The house was suspected to be under-maintained
and safety became a problem. The fire was contained after an hour of fire extinction. The
crew went to search for the property and found no one inside at the time of the fire. The
crews of Fire Rescue Victoria stayed on scene overnight to make sure that the area was
safe.

There were three categories of home fire reasons: unsafe human activities, vacancy and
structural integrity. In 2015, cooking was the main reason for house fires. Over the period of
2016 to 2019, smoking materials were the major cause of home fire incidents.